An Online Gambling Cyclopedia

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Despite the fact that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide sign up daily to play at online gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips necessary to enroll in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the opening wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has achieved her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a point, or the initial toss after a number is arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 events of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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